Meaning. Sex. 



Female 

 Male 



A .sprout (of a tree) „ 



The letter M after a name signifies that the word is Malay. 



RELIGION, MAGIC, ETC. 



Questions concerning i-eligion were productive of negative 

 answers, but a little information was obtained with i-egard to the 

 significance of the Lotong monkey (Presbytes) pattern which is so 

 constantly found on the dart quivers. This was said to aid hunters 

 in their quest for monkeys ; and probably the same kind of idea 

 attaches to the argus pheasant design which is by no means uncom- 

 monly used (see PI. XV). 



A most interesting object was bought from a Negrito * at the 

 Lenggong camp ; this was small raceme of dried flowers which were 

 said to be those of the chenduai plant, so famous among the Malays 

 as a love-charm. It is mentioned in Malay romances as growing 

 only in the most inaccessible fastnesses of the mountains, while it is 

 said that a drop of coconut oil, in which a flower has been steeped 

 with tlie recitation of appropriate formulae, will, if placed on the 

 skin or clothing of a women, make hei- fall madly in love with the 

 possessor of the charm. The writer has recently seen similar flowers 

 in the possession of his Malay servant and was informed by him that 

 they wei'e obtained from the aborigines of the Ulu Langat. The 

 specimen from Lenggong was forwarded to Kew to be named and 

 has been identified as Salomoiiia aphylla (Griff); several tufts of the 

 same or a related species have recently been found growing on 

 Gunong Kerbau. 



* The people of most of the aboriginal tribes of the Peninsula ai'S credited by 

 the Malays with supernatural powers and skill in love-charms. 



